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Close-up of features at the Apollo Vent Field.
Newly Discovered Apollo Vent Field in Pacific Offers Glimpse of Alien WorldsJune 12, 2019
The 2019 Astrobiology Science Conference will be held in Seattle, Washington, from June 24-28, 2019.
Public Program: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life: What’s it all About?June 11, 2019
The planet Venus.
In Search of an Ancient Global Magnetic Field on VenusJune 11, 2019
This artist's concept appeared on the Feb. 23, 2017 cover of the journal Nature announcing that the nearby star TRAPPIST-1, an ultra-cool dwarf, has seven Earth-sized planets orbiting it.
New Discovery Shows ‘Habitable Zone for Complex Life’ is Much More Narrow than Original EstimatesJune 10, 2019
Artist rendering of a red dwarf or M star, with three exoplanets orbiting. About 75 percent of all stars in the sky are the cooler, smaller red dwarfs.
Spotting Climate States in M Dwarf SystemsJune 10, 2019
Edward Schwieterman, spent six years at the University of Washington’s Virtual Planetary Laboratory. He now works with the NASA Astrobiology Institute Alternative Earths team UCR.
Edward Schwieterman to Deliver Press Briefing at AASJune 7, 2019
Aomawa Shields speaking to an audience at Arizona State University on April 5, 2016. Shields was the 2016 Postdoctoral Lectureship Award Winner at ASU.
The Importance of Women in STEMJune 6, 2019
Sulfur chemistry was vital for early anaerobic life in the Archean eon, over 2.5 billion years ago.
How Sulfur Helped Make Earth Habitable Before the Rise of OxygenJune 4, 2019
The 2019 Astrobiology Science Conference will be held in Seattle, Washington, from June 24-28, 2019.
NASA Astrobiology Media Workshop - "Life Detection: How Do We Do It?"June 3, 2019
This artist's concept shows the silhouette of a rocky planet, dubbed HD 219134b. At 21 light-years away, the planet is the closest outside of our solar system that can be seen crossing, or transiting, its star.
National Colloquium by Dr. Thomas H. ZurbuchenJune 3, 2019
Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, Apollo 17 lunar module pilot, collects lunar rake samples at Station 1 during the mission's first spacewalk at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. Photo by commander Eugene A. Cernan.
Restoring Data from the Apollo MissionsJune 3, 2019
What the Moon may have looked like with an early magma ocean.
Improving Methods for Analyzing Potassium IsotopesJune 2, 2019
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